US automaker Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) will sell more than 2 million vehicles in the US in 2011, the first time since 2007 that any car maker has sold that many…
What Eddie Lampert put together in 2005 could be broken into pieces again, and that might be the only realistic way to “fix” Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD). Lampert engineered a merger of…
Truecar, a research firm, expects December auto sales to be the best of any month this year. If so, it would be another confirmation that the American consumer has returned to the…
New car sales in the US for December are forecast to rise 8.1%, including fleet sales, to an annual seasonally adjusted sales rate of 13.5 million new vehicles. The annualized sales rate…
A number of incredible new products were launched this year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4S — a phone with voice command — and Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner — a…
It is amazing how large multinational car companies can see into the future and predict their sales with certainty. Toyota (NYSE: TM) says it will sell 8.48 million cars and light trucks…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) expects record sales of 8.48 cars and light vehicles next year, 20% higher than this. The company believes its drive higher will be helped by the ability to get its…
Honda (NYSE: HMC), which has been dogged by the value of the yen and loss of production due to the March earthquake will move more production to North America, one of its…
Spending on advertising barely showed a pulse in the third quarter of 2011, growing by just 0.4%, according a report from Kantar Media cited in The New York Times. Spending growth has…
It took the better part of a year. The owners of Saab sought capital all over the world, and the search ended in China. But a deal with local manufacturers and a government…
Douglas A. McIntyre Saab finally succumbed to its inability to get a car off the assembly line. The company has not produced a car since last April. It declared bankruptcy today. Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile and…
Car sales in Europe fell last month for the first time in five months. It is no wonder. The economy in the region has approached the level of ruin. Most nations in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Zynga posts at the high end of its IPO range and will raise $1 billion. (Reuters) Congress reaches a tentative deal to keep the government open. (Reuters) Bill Gross’s PIMCO Total Return Fund…
Shares of US automakers General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) were hit yesterday on the threat of a tariff on cars imported for sale into China. The…
The month of December was the leading month for new car sales in the US in 2010. It was the second leading month in 2009, and the pattern could continue this year…
